Emily Blunt revealed how “fast” she and Dwayne Johnson became pals at The Smashing Machine set, “like an immediate secret language.”

The WWE star and the Devil Wears Prada actress candidly spoke about their sweet bond at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

During a Q & A session with “In Conversation with…” panel, The Smashing Machine costars were asked about chemistry.

“We just became very fast friends, like an immediate secret language, which I think you feel with certain people that you work with,” Emily said.

“We just talked and shared our souls. And I was just really taken by, I guess, how different he was from what I had imagined,” she recalled their time spent while filming on set

“He was so gentle and quite interior and sort of contemplative and kind, just easy. Like, so lovely to be around, funny and quick, all these qualities,” Emily gushed.

Dawyne did not hold back from praising Emily and joined her saying, “I also want to give Emily her flowers too. She is one of the greatest actors of our time — of all time. And also one of my best friends.”

“In order to go to the place we were going to go, you have to have love, and then you have to have trust. And the love and the trust then allow for vulnerability. We could not have done that without this love and trust and vulnerability that we have.”

“I want to thank you, because you are the greatest,” he added.

Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio onscreen chemistry in their new movie, One Battle After Another, hit different but off-screen, they became instant friends.

In a recent chat with The New York Times on Monday, September 8, the costars revealed that their friendship started long before filming.

When asked how Taylor was cast as Perfidia, DiCaprio said, “I’ve known Teyana for a long time.”

“Paul and I were talking about who would play this lightning rod of a character that was a radical but also somebody that was able to manipulate,” he explained. “The echoes of her character reverberate throughout the entire movie, and every character is emotionally scarred by Perfidia.”

The Titanic star added, “So we knew we needed to get somebody that could be not only bold and outspoken, but bring that improvisational talent of truth in the moment…She just embodied that character in a way that I don’t think anyone else could. We’re all left as carnage after she comes onscreen, picking up the pieces of our lives.”

Taylor revealed how their friendship began: “Funny thing: Me and Leo actually met at Diana Ross’s birthday party some years back and instantly became best buds. That’s my wingman, my partner in crime!”

In the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed action-thriller the actors’ off screen bond has clearly translated into on screen chemistry.

Howard Stern, the shock jock and self-anointed “king of all-media,” isn’t about to disappear from the airwaves. 

The radio personality behind SiriusXM’s long-running “Howard Stern Show” said Monday he remains in talks with the entertainment company over a new contract after a prank left some listeners wondering whether he was leaving the platform. 

“SiriusXM and my team have been talking about how we go forward in the future, they’ve approached me. They’ve sat down with me like they normally do and they’re fantastic,” Stern, 71, said during his show. “We’ve been talking.”

A SiriusXM spokesperson wouldn’t address the company’s talks with Stern. 

The comments came after a stunt Stern pulled on his show in collaboration with Andy Cohen, a fellow SiriusXM host and TV personality. Instead of the normal kickoff from Stern on Monday morning, listeners were greeted by Cohen telling them he was taking over the slot and rebranding it as “Andy 100.” 

“This is, I know, not the voice you expected to hear,” said Cohen. The host of “Andy Cohen Live” went on to say that this was not how things were meant to go.

“This was supposed to be a cleaner hand off,” Cohen said. “I’m kind of winging it.”

Fifteen minutes later, Stern returned to the airwaves and thanked Cohen for his help pulling off the hoax. “Lest anyone think that was real, that was all masterminded by me,” Stern said.

Addressing rumors about the show getting canceled, Stern added: “Everything you’ve been reading in the paper about me or about Robin is completely false.”

Stern’s contract with SiriusXM expires at the end of this year. The radio host has extended his contract with SiriusXM twice before, in 2010 and again in 2020 with a five-year, $500 million deal, according to Forbes.

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